Automobile.



W. L. TOBEY.

\ AUTOMOBILE. APPLICATION FILED AUG.22, 1912.

Patented Apr. 22, 1913.

WILLIAM In. TOBEY, OF (INTI-I301, MASSACHUSETTS. Y

Auromorrm.

Specification of Letters Patent.

PatentedApr. 22, 1913.

Application filedAugust 22, 1912. Serial No. 716,462.

equipped with bright headlights, approaching each other and especially on narrow roads.

This invention is especially applicable to automobiles equipped with acetylene or other bright headlights.

. To this end, the automobile is provided with a screen of suitable material, which is secured to the automobile in front of the chauffeur or driver' and which is sutliciently opaque to cut off or reduce the intensity of the rays of lights from an approaching automobile, and said screen is located so that the driver can move his head to bring the driver from .the roa The screen referred to may be of wood,

screen between his eyes and the headlight or headlights of the approaching automobile, without cuttin off the vision of the in front of him.

metal or any other opaque or substantially non-transparent material, or it may be preferred to use a plate of smoked or colored glass-,'-.which may be detachably secured to the wind shield or other part of the vehicle located in advance of the drivers seat and extending transversely of the vehicle.

These and other features of this invention will be pointed out in the claims at the end of this specification.

Figure 1 represents in elevation at sufficient portion of an automobile provided with the invention to enable it to be understood. Fig. 2, a detail on an enlarged scale In the present instance, the screen a, which may be supposed to be smoked or colored glass, is secured to a suitable supporting frame, comprising two metal rods or tubes 1), which form posts and are provided at their upper end with slots 0 for the reception of the glass plate or screen a, which is represented as secured to said posts by screws 0?. The screen a may be conveniently secured to the wind shield, and in the present instance, it is represented as secured to the lower part 10-of the wind shield now so commonly used. 7

Provision is made for detachably securing the screen a to the art 10 of the wind shield, and to this en each rod or tube 1) is engaged by the hooked end 12 of a threaded rod 13, which is passed through holes or openings in clamping members or devices 14, 15, which are designed to engage the opposite sides of the top bar 16 of the part 10 of the wind shield, and to be forced against the saine by a nut 17 engaging the threaded end of the rod 13. Each of theclamping members 14, 15, herein shown, consists of a piece of spring metal, which is bent to form arms 19, 20, one of which bears a ainst the top bar or rod of the wind shiel and the other arm of one member bears against the rod 6, and that of the other member against the nut 17.

By loosening the nuts 17, the screen can be movedlongitudinally of the wind shield and laterally with relation to the driver of the car, so as not to obstruct his view when looking straight ahead, but so as to be in convenient range of a slight movement of his head, whereby the screen may be interposed between his eyes and the rays of light from the nearer headlight of an automobile approaching in the opposite direction, without obstructing his view of the road straight in front of him. As a result, the driver of the car is not dazzled or blinded by the glare of light from the approaching automobile, but he is enabled to clearly see the approaching car and judge of the distance at which they can pass with safety, thereby avoiding collisions due to errors of judgment in this respect. So also, by loosening the 111.1% 17,

the posts I; may be moved vertically to ad just the screen to diflerent operators.

In the daytime, the screen may be quickly and easily removed from the wind shield and stored away in the car if desired, and

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at night can be quickly and easily applied,

i moved to the end of the wind shiel equipment of a -large number cars, but it or it can be left on the wind sh'eld and remote from the operator. It may be preferred to attach the screen to the wind shield, as this structure is eons? shield of an automobile, of a screen of the .character" described, a supportfor said screen having an upright member to which veniently placed and forms art of the is not desired to limit the invention in this respect, as the screen can be secured to the, dasher of those cars not provided-with a wind shield. I v In the present instance I have shown one? form of frame for the screen, and one means for detachably securing the screen in-its operative position'on the car, but I do not desire to limit the-invention in this respect.

In the present instance, the screen is shown as applied to an automobile in which the driver is seated onrthe right hand side, but it is equally adapted .to machineshav- 3 ing a left hand drive, as the screen could be located to project slightly beyond the side of the wind shield. i v Claims-'- I 1. The combination with the glass windshield of an automobile, of a screen of the;

character described, a post to which said 5 screen is secured, a rod. engaging said post and extended transversely vof the windshield, spring clamping members engaging said [I Witnesses-f Twindshield and having arms through which saidrod is passed, and means on sa1d rod to render saidfgc'lamping members effective to secure saidscreen to said windshield. '2.- The combination with the glass wlndthe screen is secured, and a horizontal member extended transversely of the Windshield, and iy'ieldin zmans for securing said horizontal mem, er to said windshield; Y

3. A screen for automobiles compi'ising a body portion of the character described, a'

post slottedf at its upper end into which said screen is inserted, means t-o 'securesaid screen in said slot, a rod hooked at one endto engage said post,'spring clamping members havin arms through which said "rod is passed, an means'on theother end of-said rod for rendering said clamping members effective to secure the screen to its support."

In testimonywhereof, I have signed my name to this specification in. the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

' WILLIA'Mfl LQ Toner J AS. ,H. J i MURPHY, 

